Wildlife

Wildlife- Listed below are just a few examples of the many wildlife species encountered by our forest landowners. In addition, "Attracting Wildlife to Your Property", a video by Michigan Forest Resource Alliance (MFRA) may be available to Alpena Hardboard's Forest Management Program landowners upon request. This 37 minute video discussing enhancing wildlife habitat through forest management.

The Mammals that live or have lived in Michigan are many and varied. (Click on a species for information from e-nature)
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Eastern Mole	Red Fox
Star-nosed Mole	Gray Fox
Masked Shrew	Coyote
Arctic Shrew	Gray Wolf
Water Shrew	Lynx
Least Shrew	Bobcat
Short-tail Shrew	Woodchuck
Little Brown Bat	Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Keen myotis	Least Chipmunk
Silver-haired Bat	Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Pipistrelle	Red Squirrel
Big Brown Bat	Eastern Gray Squirrel
Red Bat	Northern Flying Squirrel
Hoary Bat	American Beaver
Black Bear	Moose
Raccoon	Deer Mouse
American Marten	Southern Bog Lemming
Fisher	Red-Backed Vole
Short-tailed Weasel	Meadow Vole
Long-tailed Weasel	Pine Vole
Least Weasel	Common Muskrat
Mink	Meadow Jumping Mouse
Otter	Woodland Jumping Mouse
American Badger	Common Porcupine
Striped Skunk	Snowshoe Hare
Eastern Cottontail	White-tailed Deer

Reptiles and Amphibians
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Reptiles

Ringneck Snake	Garter Snake
Fox Snake	Snapping Turtle
Water Snake	Painted Turtle
Smooth Green Snake	Midland Painted Turtle
Red-bellied Snake	Wood Turtle

Amphibians

Blue-spotted Salamander	Gray Treefrog
Four-toed Salamander	Bullfrog
Mudpuppy	Green Frog
Red Backed Salamander	Pickerel Frog
Eastern Newt	Northern Leopard Frog
American Toad	Mink Frog
Spring Peeper	Wood Frog

Birds-There are many, many birds that live in or visit Michigan Forests
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American Bittern	Merganser
American Black Duck	Merlin
American Coot	Mourning Dove
American Crow	Mute Swan
American Goldfinch	Nashville Warbler
American Kestrel	Northern Cardinal
American Redstart	Northern Harrier
American Robin	Baltimore Oriole
American White Pelican	Northern Pintail
American Wigeon	Northern Shoveler
American Woodcock	Northern Waterthrush
Bald Eagle	Oldsquaw
Baltimore Oriole	Olive-sided Flycatcher
Barn Swallow	Osprey
Barred Owl	Peregrine Falcon
Belted Kingfisher	Pied-billed Grebe
Black Tern	Pileated Woodpecker
Black-and-white Warbler	Pine Grosbeak
Blackburnian Warbler	Pine Siskin
Black-capped Chickadee	Purple Finch
Black-throated Blue Warbler	Red-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Bill	Red-eyed Vireo
Great Blue Heron	Redhead
Blue Jay	Red-headed Woodpecker
Blue-winged Teal	Red-shouldered Hawk

Bohemian Waxwing	Red-tailed Hawk
Boreal Chickadee	Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird	Ring-billed Gull
Broad-winged Hawk	Robin
Bufflehead	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Turkey Vulture	Rough-legged Hawk
Canada Goose	Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Canvasback	Ruffed Grouse
Caspian Tern	Rusty Blackbird
Cedar Waxwing	Sandhill Crane
Chipping Sparrow	Scarlet Tanager
Common Goldeneye	Sea Gull
Common Grackle	Sharp-shinned Hawk
Common Loon	Snow Bunting
Common Merganser	Snow Goose
Common Raven	Song Sparrow
Common Redpoll	Sparrow Hawk
Common Snipe	Starling
Common Tern	Swamp Sparrow
Cooper's Hawk	Tennessee Warbler
Cowbird	Tree Swallow
Crow	Veery
Dark-eyed Junco	Warbling Vireo
Double-crested Cormorant	Whimbrel
Downy Woodpecker	White-crowned Sparrow

Eastern Bluebird	White-throated Sparrow
Eastern Kingbird	White-winged Scoter
European Starling	Wood Duck
Evening Grosbeak	Wood Thrush
Northern Flicker	Yellow Warbler
Fox Sparrow	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Gadwall	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Goldfinch	Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Goshawk
Grackle
Greater Scaup
Green Heron
Green-winged Teal
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Hooded Merganser
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Indigo Bunting
Killdeer
Lesser Scaup
Mallard
Marsh Hawk
Marsh Wren

Fish - Michigan Forests surround and border Michigan Lakes, Streams and Waterways. How we manage our forests can have a direct relationship with our water resources. Here is a list of fish that you may find in Michigan waters.

Yellow Perch	Herring
Walleye	Menominee
Northern Pike	Rainbow Smelt
Tiger Musky	Alewife
Smallmouth Bass	Brown Bullhead
Black Crappie	Channel Catfish
Rock Bass	Sturgeon
Pumpkinseed	White Sucker
Lake Trout	Longnose Sucker
Rainbow Trout	Redhorse Sucker
Brook Trout	Carp
Brown Trout	Bowfin
Splake	Sea Lamprey
Coho Salmon	Sculpin
Chinook Salmon	Burbot
Lake Whitefish	Gizzard Shad


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